Where does Orville Peck fit into the queer legacy of ‘Cabaret’?
Cabaret opened on Broadway nearly 60 years ago, it was revolutionary in portraying Weimer-era Germany, sexual liberation, and the rise of fascism.
Cut to today and the current revival, which initially starred Eddie Redmayne as the Emcee (reprising the role from The West End), now featuring Adam Lambert, and soon to showcase queer country favorite Orville Peck.
But Cabaret‘s queer roots run much deeper than this most recent production, which transformed the August Wilson Theatre into an immersive Kit Kat Club with pre-show entertainment and cocktails to contrast the turn of events that follow.
Subscribe to our newsletter for your front-row seat to all things entertainment with a sprinkle of everything else queer.The gay songwriting team of John Kander (music) and Fred Ebb (lyrics), along with playwright Joe Masteroff and producer-director Hal Prince, turned to John Van Druten’s 1951 play I Am a Camera as source material, which, in turn, was based on Christopher Isherwood’s 1939novel Goodbye to Berlin.
